1977 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 133.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Leigh Matthews (34)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Hudson (99)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Leigh Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Don Scott

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Geoff #2 24 R01-R07, R09-R22, QF, SF, PF 8
Ablett, Kevin #35 15 R04, R07, R11-R19, R22, QF, SF, PF 4
Bennett, Peter #16 6 R01, R13-R16, R19 2
De Wolde, Alle #27 5 R01-R03, R20-R21 0
Eade, Rodney #26 22 R02-R10, R13-R22, QF, SF, PF 6
Fletcher, Don #7 1 R08 0
Goad, Alan #19 9 R01-R09 11
Hendrie, John #25 24 R01-R10, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 52
Hudson, Peter #1 24 R01-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 110
Jones, Bernie #31 7 R03-R09 5
Knights, Peter #24 19 R01, R05, R08-R20, R22, QF, SF, PF 15
Martello, Alan #14 23 R01-R07, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 13
Matthews, Kelvin #4 10 R01-R10 21
Matthews, Leigh #3 24 R01-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 91
McCarthy, Gerald #21 17 R02-R13, R20-R21, QF, SF, PF 2
Moncrieff, Michael #6 24 R01-R08, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 8
Moore, Kelvin #15 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 0
Murnane, Peter #43 9 R01-R03, R11-R13, R17, R21, PF 1
Murphy, Shane #32 2 R11-R12 4
O'Halloran, David #8 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 1
Paton, Ian #42 17 R06-R16, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 9
Petch, Len #34 1 R08 0
Polkinghorne, David #10 23 R01-R19, R22, QF, SF, PF 3
Rice, Leon #13 18 R02, R04, R09-R22, QF, SF 2
Rowlings, Barry #22 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 24
Scott, Don #23 23 R01-R06, R09-R22, QF, SF, PF 4
Steel, Kelvin #33 8 R15-R16, R18-R22, PF 1
Trott, Stuart #28 19 R01, R05-R11, R13-R14, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 3
Tuck, Michael #17 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 13
Walter, Richard #45 5 R01-R02, R17-R19 4
Welsh, Peter #12 21 R03-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF 1

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Parkin, David 25 18 -0- 7 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1977 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 60 David Parkin Don Scott
11/04/1977 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 1 David Parkin Don Scott
16/04/1977 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 55 David Parkin Don Scott
23/04/1977 Round 4 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 13 David Parkin Don Scott
30/04/1977 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN HAW by 56 David Parkin Don Scott
07/05/1977 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 88 David Parkin Don Scott
14/05/1977 Round 7 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 70 David Parkin Leigh Matthews
21/05/1977 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 60 David Parkin Leigh Matthews
28/05/1977 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 34 David Parkin Don Scott
04/06/1977 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 12 David Parkin Don Scott
13/06/1977 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN HAW by 106 David Parkin Don Scott
18/06/1977 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 1 David Parkin Don Scott
25/06/1977 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 14 David Parkin Don Scott
02/07/1977 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 14 David Parkin Don Scott
09/07/1977 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 107 David Parkin Don Scott
16/07/1977 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 56 David Parkin Don Scott
23/07/1977 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 86 David Parkin Don Scott
30/07/1977 Round 18 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 14 David Parkin Don Scott
06/08/1977 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 25 David Parkin Don Scott
13/08/1977 Round 20 Collingwood AWAY WIN HAW by 6 David Parkin Don Scott
20/08/1977 Round 21 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 11 David Parkin Don Scott
27/08/1977 Round 22 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 38 David Parkin Don Scott
03/09/1977 Qualifying Final North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 38 David Parkin Don Scott
10/09/1977 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 2 David Parkin Don Scott
17/09/1977 Preliminary Final North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 67 David Parkin Don Scott